The Middle American species of Peridinetus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
Author
Prena, Jens
text
Zootaxa
2010
2507
1
36
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.195971
e3eee8e4-bbb7-478c-a86b-55b36c3ec399
1175-5326
195971
19.
Peridinetus stigmatipleura
Champion
(
Fig. 50, 51
)
Peridinetus stigmatipleura
Champion, 1907
: 179
.
Seidlitz (1909: 326)
,
Hustache (1938: 10)
,
Blackwelder (1947: 887)
,
O’Brien &
Wibmer (1982
: 178
).
Diagnosis.
Peridinetus stigmatipleura
is a small species with white flank and two pairs (the anterior pair sometimes missing) of elytral spots (
Fig. 50, 51
). The color pattern is shared by one undescribed
Palliolatrix
species so far known from
Peru
. The studied specimens were
3.2–3.7 mm
long (standard length 3.0–
3.5 mm
).
Distribution.
This species has been found on the Pacific side of the Cordillera de Talamanca (
Costa Rica
,
Panama
) and in central
Panama
.
Plant association.
Piper augustum
(Prena 20
×
),
P. hispidum
(Prena 1
×
),
P. dilatatum
(Prena 1
×
).
Type
material.
9
syntypes
,
Panamá
, Bugaba (
BMNH
6) and Volcán (
BMNH
2,
USNM
1).
Material examined.
Costa Rica
. Puntarenas: P.N. Manuel Antonio,
80 m
(
INBC
7,
JPPC
1);
Osa, P.N. Corcovado, Est. Esquinas
,
10 m
(
INBC
12,
JPPC
2), Est. Sirena,
50 m
(
INBC
4), Est. La Leona,
50 m
(
JPPC
1);
Osa, Rancho Quemado
,
200 m
(
INBC
7); Altamira,
1800 m
(
JPPC
2);
4 km
S San Vito,
1100 m
(
JPPC
2). San José: 13 NE San Isidro del General, Cerro Chucuyo,
1300 m
(
CMNC
1,
JPPC
19).
Panamá
. Coclé: El Valle
850 m
(
CHAH
1,
HPSC
1);
Panamá
: Cerro Campana,
850 m
(
HPSC
2,
USNM
2). Chiriquí: Sta. Clara (
HPSC
2); Volcán (
USNM
1). Total
67 specimens
.